Editorials Round the Atomic Bomb Guessing Game
The piece critiques guesses on U S and Russian atomic bombs, notes uncertain counts since 1945, and argues for international control of atomic energy to prevent misuse. It warns Russia blocks workable controls and that without global agreement the world will keep guessing about bomb stocks and aims.
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Russia
Kentucky
Earl E. Clements
U. S
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
U. S. Atomic Energy Commission
Congress
Eniwetok Atoll
New Mexico Proving Ground
U.S
Forgotten Man and the Taft-Hartley Echo in St Louis
St Louis launches a broad airlift with transportation provided by Yeastern Airlines. A new book titled Forgotten Man explores the hero as a possible reflection of Taft-Hartley’s other half.
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St. Louis
Yeastern Airlines
Taft-Hartley
FTC ends cure-all claims for antihistamine cold drugs
The Federal Trade Commission ruled that five antihistamine makers may state they ease or stop cold symptoms but must drop any claims that their products cure the common cold. After months of hearings and public uproar, the agency called for prompt truthful advertising as millions bought the drugs under misrepresented promises.
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Federal Trade Commission
F.T.C
Chicago Man Tests Feathers for Living
A Chicago man tests feathers for a living while some railroad workers reportedly featherbed for the same.
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Chicago
New York opens success school amid missing retry data
A new success school operates in New York but managers have not released statistics on how many students must try again, leaving performance details unclear.
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New York
Tax Loophole Targeted by House Committee on Collapsible Corporations
The House Ways and Means Committee probes a tax dodge used by some stars who form collapsible corporations to lower taxes on earnings. By acting as president of a separate entity per film, they claim capital gains rates apply, while personal income tax drops. The ruling could affect a small share of workers but draws broader protest from high earners.
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House
Ways and Means
Collapsible Corporation
House Committee
Hoover Commission Flags Vacuum in Government Bureaus
The Hoover commission found many government bureaus operate in a vacuum and questions if the Lustron housing project will lose appeal as quickly as the corporation.
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Hoover Commission
Channel swims draw hopefuls as heavy traffic returns
Shirley Mae France a 17 year old from Somerset Mass trains for the English channel crossing as Bob Hope quips Crosby may open grease stations along the banks. Betty Cohn of Brooklyn and George Fraser join two dozen others eyeing the 19 mile Dover route, a swim historic since 1875 and once a world record 21 hours 45 minutes now under 11 hours.
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Bob Hope
Crosby
Shirley Mae France
Somerset
Mass
Betty Cohn
Brooklyn
George Fraser
Cape Griz Nez
France
Dover
England
Gertrude Ederle
Miss Ederle
Matthew Webb
Elders Reveal Secret to Long Life Marriage
A poll of elderly men shows their path to extended years hinges on staying married. The finding notes that married life appears linked to longevity, with implications discussed for aging and social support.
Truman Aids Drive Faces Opposition Over Point Four
President Truman pushes the Point Four program for aid to backward nations amid fears from opponents that the aid may be used as a political hook if bent or misused. The debate centers on clarity and control of the foreign aid plan.
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Truman
The Gift of Thoughtful Presents Over Checks
A columnist argues against sending a check as a gift for birthdays or graduations. Personal, timely gifts show deeper sentiment, while cash can feel impersonal. The piece notes the recipient’s desire for a chosen gift and the author, Christopher Billopp, urges effort to express genuine friendship through a carefully chosen present.
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Christopher Billopp
Sweet Adeline barred from quartet competition debate
The St Louis Post-Dispatch weighs the idea that Sweet Adeline faces exclusion due to an alcoholic background. The piece argues songs and harmony are linked to wine and celebration, suggesting the issue may be more about tradition than the ballad’s worth.
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Plautus
Horace
Barber Shop
Kentucky
Benjamin the turtle steals the show in Felts family notes
The column chronicles Benjamin the baby turtle living in a shallow bowl, feeding on flies and occasional turtle food, with readers learning of his behavior and diet. It contrasts Benjamin with past pets, notes family visits, and mentions a Lincolniana fundraiser and school progress of relatives.
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David V. Felts
Benjamin
Felts
Drowsy Days and summer indolence in verse
A playful meditation on heat and lethargy referencing Don Marquis and James Thomson. The piece imagines cats slipping from window ledges and summer dreaminess, ending with a caution to avoid danger and to embrace calm.
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
London
Don Marquis
Keeping up with the Joneses in power lawn mowers
Cy Adams notes the race now centers on power lawn mowers rather than just a top driving team or automobile. The Kanawha Iowa reporter signals a shift to mower performance as the latest competitive measure.
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Cy Adams
Kanawha
Iowa
Morality Teaching Through Case Records Dr Crane Encourages Use
Dr George W. Crane reflects on Bishop Hermann Page of Detroit urging his morality column be compiled into case records for youth meetings. He notes churches push virtue, but modern youths resist fiat style commands and prefer practical case based learning.
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Herman Page
Episcopalian Church
Detroit
Morality Debate Promotes Case Method in Teaching
The piece argues for presenting specific reasons behind moral laws so people can judge for themselves rather than obeying church authority alone. Bishop Pege endorses the case method, claiming it reduces perceived church coercion and frames faith as logical and scientific rather than a sole vetoing power.
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Pege
Kansas City Celebrates 100 Years of Frontier Growth
Kansas City marks its centennial with pageants and parades from June 3 to July 4. The piece notes the city’s western gateway role, early debts paid by fur trader John C. McCoy, and stages of growth from Town of Kansas to City of Kansas amid Missouri River setting and historic frontier origins.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Kansas
America
Kana
Missouri River
John C. McCoy
John A. Sutter
McCoy
Sutter
California
CIO to Confer With Truman Over Treasury Apathy
Washington area CIO political action leaders from 48 states will hold a Friday conference to discuss election prospects and then meet President Truman at the White House. A factional sense of apathy and a weak treasury balance of 30 000 troubling the PAC will be bluntly examined in executive sessions with Kroll guiding pledges from state industrial council heads.
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Washington
C.I.O
White House
Truman
Treasury
Murray
P.A.C
Kroll
Groucho Marx recalls a harsh childhood performance memory
The comedian says his happiest memory is a week spent as a kid in an unfriendly mall town. He was stranded, broke, and hungry, calling the experience a nightmare rather than enjoyment.
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Groucho Marx
River of Milk from Milk Facts
ENOUGH MILK is produced annually in America to fill a river 3 000 miles long 40 feet wide and three feet deep. If all of the milk produced in the U S in 1949 had been put in quart bottles side by side the bottles would extend almost 140 times around the earth.
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America
U. S
Educating Boys Quote by Winston Churchill
A Churchill remark advocates strict English mastery for all boys with Latin as an honor and Greek as a merit. He says the only reason to whip would be failure to know English, asserting harsh discipline for that shortcoming.
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Winston Churchill
Kansas City rises as a major livestock hub
In the late 19th century Abilene established Texas cattle trade links until Kansas City formed a local stock yards company in 1871. Rapid growth made Kansas City the nation’s second largest general livestock market and first in stocker and feeder cattle, aided by the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad opened in 1876 and later becoming a key trunkline system for fourteen states.
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Abilene
Kans
Kansas City
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad
Rebuttal Bennet Cerf In St Louis Post Dispatch
Ogden Nash lectured in a Midwestern city recently amid club remarks. The introducer called the occasion a red letter day recalling Richard Byrd’s prior visit a year earlier. Nash quipped there are a hundred reasons for speaking today with ninety nine of them being money.
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Ogden Nash
Richard Byrd
Church protest as church offers new organist ad cite
Church leaders fear worsening organist shortages. A London notice reading Do You Know What Hell Is Come and hear our new organist stirred concern, seeming to invite provocative sermon or service.
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G. P
Answers
London
Man Falls Short of Flight on Telephone Wire
An Iowa union quotes R M Westerfield noting humankind’s reach to fly farther and faster than birds yet failing to swoop in and fight on a telephone wire. The remark appears as a reflective aside in a Fayette County local page.
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R. M. Westerfield
Fayette County
Union
Refugees at Kashmir Pass Refuse Return
About 600 refugees who crossed an 18 000 foot pass to flee Sinkiang resist repatriation. They refuse to go to Formosa or back to their homeland under Chinese control. India delayed initial plans as Kashmir seeks aid from Red Cross and UN relief agencies.
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Sprinagar
Kashmir
Sinkiang
Formosa
India
Indian Red Cross
United Nations
Britain undecided on joining unified Europe
The British Labor party clashed over plans to pool iron and coal with Western Europe. A White Paper on negotiations with France was rejected by the party executive while Attlee denied the manifesto in the House. Britain will not join a European political or economic union.
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Labor Party
France
Western
Europe
Attlee
Britain
Lord Beaverbrook
Britains Place in Europe and Global Ties
Revisionist views on British foreign policy rank the Commonwealth first, then America, then Europe. The text notes Britain as an island kingdom with deep distrust of Europe and a cool relationship with France, while Germans feel closer to France than to Britain. It highlights American popularity among Germans as a stabilizing force and the perceived outside status of Britain.
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America
Europe
Great Britain
Britain
France
Europe in decline and the shift toward unity
The text discusses the Briand plan, Locarno's failure, and the rise of Hitler, arguing that alliances with Germany failed while fear of Russia dominates. It notes Britain’s changing stance against continental amalgams, while aligning with the United States to strengthen Western Europe without Britain.
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M. Schuman
Briand
Adenauer
Gustav Stresemann
Locarno
France
Germany
Russia
Europe
Britain
United Kingdom
United States
Western Europe
Britain weighs European federation beyond traditional ties
The Labor Party leader and Mr Bevin argue Britain will not join a Schuman plan aligned bloc but may cooperate with a broader European federation. London fears Western Europe uniting could lessen Britain’s role as America's key ally and questions prevail over accepting a new German French binding, signaling a break with tradition.
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Maniefesto
Mr. Attlee
Britain
M. Schuman
Bevin
Western Europe
Great Britain
America
London
Schuman
West Germany
France
United Kingdom
Definition Love as Obsession and Possession
A brief annotation cites Philip Garey noting love as obsession and possession with a yearning for control, from the New York World Telegram and Sun. The text frames love as a demanding, consuming force in relationships.
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Philip Garey
New ‘York World-Telegram and
Sun
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